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38% of Europeans are suffering from a mental disorder

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Meh:
In general terms, this could mean that on average:

38% of European politicians have a mental disorder
38% of nurses and doctors have a mental disorder
38% of school teachers have a mental disorder
38% of military personnel have a mental disorder
38% of police have a mental disorder
38% of judges have a mental disorder
38% of bankers have a mental disorder
38% of daycare workers have a mental disorder
38% of celebrities have a mental disorder
38% of IRS employees have a mental disorder
38% of clergy have a mental disorder
38% of your family has a mental disorder
38% of your European neighborhood has a mental disorder
38% of European news reporters have a mental disorder

It truly is a crazy world out there :lol:

sea storm:
Yes it is.

Sea storm

Hopalong:
Madness can be a sane response to an insane world.

Ever read The Politics of Experience by R. D. Laing?

In a way over-glorifying schizophrenia was in vogue, but it was also a wonderful reminder that there's meaning in delusion (just like there is in dreams).

Hops

finding peace:
Yes,

It is a crazy world out there.

One I am sooooo tired of.

Yes, madness can be the response to an insane world.

But, is it madness or clarity?

Is the world insane rather than me? Or has my insane world driven me to sanity?

I had an aunt with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia  – she “saw and talked to dead people.” 

I know first hand the difference between mental illness and reality.

I can only speak from my world.

I had a therapist who told me I could choose to see the world as:

·   Negative

·   Positive

·   Neutral

Prior to this, I saw the world as negative.  Since then, I have tried and tried and tried to find the world as neutral – but IME it is not.

It reminds me of the series of publications/studies of how people who are depressed actually see the world as it really is.

I believe in what I see, sense, detect…sadly, I wish better.

Peace

PS - I live on a street with 50 homes back to back, which means approximatley slightly less than half of those people are dysfuntional.  In the world of diagnostics and people who decide what is funtional and not?  Sadly, less than half the majority of my street is funtional - is this true? Or is it an opion of someone who has decided for us?

sKePTiKal:
Hey Peace,

applying those statistics to your neighborhood is a discouraging thought! (But it sure would explain a lot wouldn't it? LOL...)

I think it's possible that functional/dysfunctional people locate in community clusters... in other words, out of those 50 homes, maybe 40 are functional... or other combinations. Ever notice how 4-5 homes all appear to be well-cared for, in a group? Everyday life proceeding with very few upheavals? And then, there'll be one that sticks out like a sore thumb... 

I'll stop there. This topic has the nasty tendency to open up my "rant-channel".

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